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Triumphs of Engineering A Record of Modern Achievements in Man's Difficult and Dangerous Conquest of Nature.

Odhams, 1111. Hard Cover, Ill.: R B Way. Probably 1930s. 256pp, decorated blue cloth covered boards, a little faded to the edges. Endpaper maps. Over 200 b + w photographs and detailed drawings by R B Way etc. Internally clean. Engineering works with details - Sydney Bridge, Tower Bridge, Canadian Pacific Railway, Niagara Queenston, Birth of Vancouver, Pelton wheel, Eddystone lighthouse, Boulder Dam, Sao Paulo railway, Mersey and Thames tunnels, Brunel's shield, Suez and Panama canals etc... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 3341

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Canal, Bridge, Engineering, Vancouver, Canadian Pacific

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Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

International Committee of Non Governmental Organizations, 1968, Soft Cover, 64pp, illustrated covers. The text of the 30 Articles, with a b + w illustrative photograph on the opposite page. Internally clean and tight. The Declaration was adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1948... Very Good.

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Book number: 6128

Catalogue: History

Keywords: United Nations, UN

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University Of Leeds Review.

University of Leeds, 1970, 1970. Soft Cover, Volume 13, No 2 October 1970. B + w illustrations. Very clean. Includes articles by Lawrence Gowing on Hogarth, J W Birch on Geography and Human Behaviour and William Tucker on Modern Sculpture... Fine.

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Book number: 5143

Catalogue: Art & Antiques

Keywords: Lawrence Gowing, Hogarth, William Tucker

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The University of Leeds Review 1969.

University of Leeds, 1969. Soft Cover, B + w illustrations. Includes articles on Pascal and Newman by J M Cameron, A H Hanson SOme Literature on Student Revolt, Brian Hogan on Criminal Liability without Fault and J P Roberts on ceramics... Fine.

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Book number: 5144

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Pascal, Newman, J M Cameron, J P Roberts, Ceramics, Crime

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The University Of Leeds Centenary Service At The Parish Church Of Leeds.

Leeds Art Galleries, 1975. Soft Cover, 6pp. Marked to front cover, otherwise clean. Order of Service for the Service marking the Centenary of Leeds University 1874 - 1974 on the 27th April 1975 at the Parish Church. Rare... Very Good.

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Book number: 5803

Catalogue: Religion

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USSR Living Standards.

APN, 1968. First Edition. Soft Cover, 144pp, softback covers. Many colour and b + w photographs. A clean, tight copy. Text in English, giving information about the growth in consumption, education, sport, culture etc. in the USSR... Very Good.

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Book number: 12846

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: Communism, Russia, Collective

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USSR Education.

APN, 1969. Soft Cover, 103pp, many colour and b + w photographs of schools and students. Numerals written inside back cover, otherwise VG.Text in English, giving information about the successes of the soviet education system... Very Good.

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Book number: 7643

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: Electricity, Communism, Russia, 5 Year Plan

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Wetherby Agricultural Society Annual Show Tuesday May 26th 1981.

Wetherby Agricultural Society, 1981. First Edition. Soft Cover, 108pp, green soft covers, A clean copy. Lists of the Committee, prize classes, and the entrants of the Wetherby 1981 agricultural show... Very Good.

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Book number: 12999

Catalogue: Countryside

Keywords: Agriculture, Agricultural Show, Farming, Yorkshire

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The Wonder Book of Aircraft.

Ward Lock, 1111. Hard Cover, Gift inscription on flyleaf dated 1954. 'Entirely New Edition'. 256pp, illustrated paper covered boards with cloth spine, with matching dustjacket with a portion of loss to the top of the spine. 8 colour plates, that to the frontispiece a liitle rubbed to the edge, and nearly 300 b + w illustrations. Internally clean. Includes how aircraft are designed and made, running an airport, aviation as a career and notable flights... Very Good /Good.

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Book number: 7051

Catalogue: Childrens' Books

Keywords: aviation, airport, boys, aeroplane, pilot

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The Wonder Book of Wonders.

Ward, Lock, Hard Cover, Ill.: Roland Green. Probably 1930s.Illustrated paper covered boards with picture of a girl and the Taj Mahal. Colour + B + w illustrations.Frontispiece detached. Includes Cleopatra's Needle, wonders of India, water power, skyscrapers, penguins, telephones etc... Very Good.

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Book number: 8349

Catalogue: Childrens' Books

Keywords: Children, Cleopatra's Needle, Indian Architecture, Armstrong Whitworth, Water Power, Skyscraper, Penguin, Telephone

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Words Of Joy.

Jarrold, 1997. First Edition. Hard Cover, A small gift book of quotations about joy and happiness, with decorated pages and laminated boards. Gift inscription on flyleaf, otherwise Fine, as new... Fine /No Jacket.

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Book number: 4610

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: Religion

[Potter, Beatrix et al]

The World of Peter Rabbit Treasury Fun To Read and Do.

Bloomsbury Books, 1994. First Edition. Hard Cover, Tall format. Laminated illustrated boards. Many colour illustrations. Very clean. Stories and puzzles etc ' from the authorized animated series based on the original tales by Beatrix Potter'... As New.

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Book number: 8730

Catalogue: Childrens' Books

Keywords: Children

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Yorkshire's Three Peaks Whernside Ingleborough Penyghent.

Dalesman Books, 1976. Printer Wrapper, Ill.: M Barringer, Charles Harford. 3rd edition. 28pp. Colour illustrated card covers. B + w drawings and photographs. Corner to title page price clipped, otherwise a clean copy. The three peaks of Ribblehead in the Yorkshire Dales... Very Good.

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Book number: 12969

Catalogue: Countryside

Keywords: Yorkshire, Whernsode, Penyghent, Ingleborough

Abbott, Stan

To Kill A Railway.

Leading Edge, 1986. First Edition. Soft Cover, 162pp, laminated illustrated card covers with a couple of light creases. B + w illustrations. Internally clean and tight. The run-down of the Settle-Carlisle railway, and the fight to save it... Very Good.

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Book number: 13442

Catalogue: Countryside

Keywords: Railway, History, Settle

Abelson, Edward

Misalliance Disastrous And Bizarre Literary Lovelives.

Macdonald, 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover, Ill.: David Smith. 96pp, priceclipped dustjacket is otherwise complete. B + w drawings. Previous owner's name stamp on flyleaf, otherwise clean. Amazing stories of the love lives of great writers... Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 4136

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Keywords: writer, Sex, Author